屎 shǐ stool
stool; feces; dung; excrement
How to remember 屎: 尸 corpse + 米 rice = stool. Pale as a corpse after a week of bad rice on holiday, Tom brings the doctor a little jar with his stool.
Component breakdown
屎 = 尸 corpse + 米 rice
- 尸 corpse
- 米 rice
Pale as a corpse after a week of bad rice on holiday, Tom brings the doctor a little jar with his stool.
How it is used
- Excrement/feces, crude: 拉屎 (lā shǐ) to take a dump, 狗屎 (gǒushǐ) dog crap.
- Extends to eye/ear gunk: 眼屎 (yǎnshǐ) sleep in the eyes, 耳屎 (ěrshǐ) earwax.
- Vulgar; the polite/medical word is 大便 (dàbiàn).